All articles by Railway Gazette International – Page 346
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NewsDB deploys heat protection film in heatwave
GERMANY: In response to the ongoing heatwave, DB Regio is applying heat protection film to the windows of Type DBuz non-air-conditioned double-deck coaches used on the Frankenbahn route between Stuttgart and Würzburg. It is hoped that this will reduce the onboard temperatures by 4°C. Passengers on the Frankenbahn, Stuttgart ...
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NewsMobile passenger information display launched
DISPLAY: In response to customer requests, Infotec has launched the MD42P mobile passenger information display designed to enable station operators to show additional information or special notices at busy periods. The GRP-clad unit incorporates Infotec’s recently-launched 42 inch TFT poster display panel, which can be maintained from the front. This ...
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NewsWabtec highlights three core themes at InnoTrans 2018
WABTEC: The multinational component specialist Wabtec has three core areas of focus at this year’s InnoTrans. These are: improving the passenger experience; comprehensive product life-cycle support; and ‘greener solutions’. Among the products on display in Berlin will be a sliding door system which includes an illuminated front seal and anti-drag ...
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NewsEifel-Bördebahn contract awarded
GERMANY: Local transport authority NVR has awarded incumbent and sole bidder Rurtalbahn GmbH a contract to continue to operate Eifel-Bördebahn service RB28. The passenger service on the 30 km route between Düren and Euskirchen in Nordrhein-Westfalen currently operates on weekends and public holidays only, totalling around 28 000 train-km/year. ...
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NewsInternational Rail Partners buys its first short line
USA: International Rail Partners has made its first short line acquisition, buying Grenada Railroad from Iowa Pacific Holdings and taking over operations on August 2 under a lease-purchase agreement with the North Central Mississippi Regional Railroad Authority which owns the infrastructure. Terms were not disclosed. Oppenheimer & Co acted as ...
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NewsVolvo wins Uddevalla battery bus order
SWEDEN: Bivab and Uddevalla Omnibus have ordered four Volvo 7900 Electric buses for use in the city of Uddevalla. The vehicles are expected to enter service in mid-2019. Volvo will undertake maintenance for both the vehicles and their batteries at a fixed monthly cost. Maintenance will be handled by ...
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NewsEast Japan Railway studies driverless operation
JAPAN: East Japan Railway Co has set up a team to develop plans for driverless operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reports. Trains would initially run with an onboard supervisor able to intervene in the event of an emergency, but in the longer term unattended operation is planned. JR East envisages ...
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NewsNacco asset divestment agreement clears way for VTG acquisition
GERMANY: An agreement has been signed for a consortium of leasing company Wascosa and Hamburg-based investor Aves One to buy about 30% of Nacco Group’s wagon leasing activities and assets. This one of the steps required for regulatory approval of VTG’s planned acquisition of the remainder of Nacco. Under the ...
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NewsFirst Stadler Tango tram enters service in Ostrava
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first of 30 trams that Stadler is supplying to Ostrava entered revenue service on Route 4 on August 13. The Tango NF2 nOVA arrived in Ostrava from Stadler’s Siedlce factory in Poland on April 23, and has undergone two months of test running on the city’s ...
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NewsSande bypass contract awarded
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded a consortium of Strabag, Ed Züblin and Strabag Rail a €115m contract to upgrade or replace 5·7 km of the railway from Oldenburg to the JadeWeserPort container terminal at Wilhelmshaven in Niedersachsen. As well as double-tracking 1·7 km of existing line, the 3½ year contract ...
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NewsHuber+Suhner communicates about connectivity
HUBER+SUHNER: The electrical and optical component manufacturer Huber+Suhner will be on hand to talk all things connectivity at InnoTrans 2018. Recently launched products to be highlighted will include Sencity Rail Multi antenna, the company’s first 5G-ready antenna tailored to the rail industry’s particular vehicle-to-ground communications needs. Huber+Suhner will also ...
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NewsMoscow commuter EMU order
RUSSIA: Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant a contract to supply 10 Type EP2D electric multiple-units by the end of the year This follows from an order for 10 units delivered earlier this year for use on the routes from Moscow’s Kursk, Riga ...
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NewsCentral Suburban Passenger Co orders EMUs
RUSSIA: Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant a contract to supply 10 Type EP2D electric multiple-units by the end of the year This follows from an order for 10 units delivered earlier this year for use on the routes from Moscow’s Kursk, Riga ...
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NewsSouth Wales Metro rolling stock order confirmed
UK: Stadler Rail has been confirmed as preferred bidder to supply rolling stock for use on the South Wales Metro network serving Cardiff. The Swiss company is to supply 36 three-car Citylink tram-train vehicles for use on services to Treherbert, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil. These would be able to ...
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NewsSprinter Lighttrain returns to service following accessibility upgrade
NETHERLANDS: National passenger operator NS has returned to service the first of its 131 Sprinter Lighttrain electric multiple-units which are being refurbished and ungraded to meet modern accessibility standards. An initial three refurbished SLT units will operate in service until the end of the year to gather passenger feedback on ...
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NewsPremium rails for extended life and lower costs
BRITISH STEEL: A range of high performance rail products designed to address industry needs for extended track life and reduced life-cycle costs will be displayed by British Steel. Amongst products on show will be the SF350 heat-treated rail offering high wear resistance with low residual stress to minimise the ...
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NewsČD modernises catering fleet
CZECH REPUBLIC: National operator ČD is to produce 27 Type Armpee bistro cars by modernising existing WRmee816, WRmee814 and ARmpee832 dining cars. The work is to be undertaken by ČD subsidiary DPOV in two phases, with nine vehicles to be rebuilt in 2018-19 and 18 in 2020-21. The design developed ...
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NewsTendering underway for Phase 2 of Macedonia – Bulgaria link
MACEDONIA: Companies have been invited to prequalify for a contract to complete Phase 2 of the planned rail link from Kumanovo to the Bulgarian border, which is being developed as part of Pan-European Corridor VIII from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Phase 1 covers reinstatement of the 31 km ...
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NewsStation modernisation programme agreed
GERMANY: Framework agreements for the construction of seven new stations and the modernisation of 41 others over the next seven years were signed by DB Station&Service and Schleswig-Holstein transport authority Nah.SH on August 1. New stations are planned at Bad Oldesloe-Ost, Eckernförde Süd, Lübeck-Moisling, Preetz Krankenhaus, Preetz Nord, Raisdorf Ostseepark ...
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NewsFirst crowd-sourced Stadler EMU arrives in Bern
SWITZERLAND: Metre-gauge inter-urban operator Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn took delivery of the first of 14 Worbla EMUs at its Worblaufen depot north of Bern on August 7. RBS ordered the trains from Stadler in May 2016 under a contract worth SFr134m including spares. The highly customised design was influenced by ideas ...